Re:Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook
by 3JPLW on Saturday May 25, 2019 @10:52AM
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Have Democratic presidents ever tweeted/emailed/promoted/sent out doctored videos that make their rivals look bad?
Re:Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook
by OrangeManBad on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:01AM
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The video Orange man posted on twitter wasn't doctored. Media has changed the definition of doctored to suit them. It was edited to show only relevant parts but there was nothing fake about it.
Why not let media show the original so called undoctored version?
Re:Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook
by asveikau on Saturday May 25, 2019 @11:06AM
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The reporting I saw on this was:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/us/politics/pelosi-doctor...
Video at top has her speaking at normal pace, and then shows a slowed-down version. Is this something you dispute? I have not followed the story at all, beyond seeing that article.
Re:Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook
by asveikau on Saturday May 25, 2019 @10:52AM
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Can you give an example that's on the scale of Pelosi?
Trying to take myself away from my own biases, perhaps you can say Trump but coming from the executive branch you could say he's not that comparable, also people on both sides have called him outrageous.
More direct comparisons would be Paul Ryan, Boehner, Newt Gingrich. I didn't see them getting Pelosi-scale smearing.
Re:Clip shows misinformation still has a home on Facebook
by Mary-Jane on Sunday May 26, 2019 @05:02PM
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You mean something like "If you like your health care plan you can keep it"? ...or how about the "anti-muslim video that spurned spontaneous protests" across the middle east?
In any event, by and large, most doctoring / half-truths are initiated by major news sources, and the majority of these defame Republicans and/or Republican ideals. It would be redundant for democratic politicians to get involved.
Both sides are guilty of smear campaigns. One little flub or gaffe and a video taking it out of context will start circulating.
Just go to /r/politics if you want examples of the left smearing the right